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Vagabundo posted:Good. gently caress him, the stupid fuckwit. I can't improve on this. First day of training. It's coming back.
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iajanus posted:Alex Twal appears to have been using his off time in his home gym That’s suspiciously good judgment for an NRL player.
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Vagabundo posted:Meanwhile, Bryce Cartwright may not get to play, because he's an anti-vaxxer. "Cartwright added: I know people in my industry with vaccine-injured children and the herd NEVER stuck around for them. These are our bodies and we decide what goes in them." What a fuckwit. Apparently papalii, soliola and tapine all refused the shot on religious grounds as well.
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aejix posted:"Cartwright added: I know people in my industry with vaccine-injured children and the herd NEVER stuck around for them. These are our bodies and we decide what goes in them." Like I can understand people if their religion forbids them for some reason When that's not the case? gently caress off, you're a poo poo player anyway, nobody will miss you this season.
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Vagabundo posted:Meanwhile, Bryce Cartwright may not get to play, because he's an anti-vaxxer. I heard Gallen was defending his right to decline the injection...
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gently caress the raiders are stupid. It's almost like Stick has handpicked the biggest morons in the world. Sure he didn't sign Papalii but he did chase him hard when he was coaching parra Tapine and Papa I knew were pretty dumb. Papalii called the police on himself once But Sia is disappointing. I didn't think he was as stupid
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Burn Down Canberra posted:gently caress the raiders are stupid. It's almost like Stick has handpicked the biggest morons in the world. Sure he didn't sign Papalii but he did chase him hard when he was coaching parra Had to look this up - shouldn't really be laughing about drink driving but couldn't help myself: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04...driving/8475986 "When police asked why he made the calls, he told them: I wanted to make a point." What possible point was he trying to make?! 
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aejix posted:Had to look this up - shouldn't really be laughing about drink driving but couldn't help myself: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04...driving/8475986 That he's an idiot?
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iajanus posted:Like I can understand people if their religion forbids them for some reason Yeah, I have sympathy for those that have reasons for not wanting to vaccinate. Bryce Cartwright can gently caress right off. He doesn't get a free pass for being a dumb oval office. "Vaccine injured children" is an astonishingly stupid term I had not heard of before today.
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MiniSune posted:Tigers recruiting.....good? Must be injured or something. end of dayz
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/ne...jectid=12330662quote:The Queensland Government has confirmed three Gold Coast Titans players who refused a flu shot have been stood down while the sport's flu-jab policy is reviewed. This is good.
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fuxsports posted:
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James Graham, the brain of Rugby League. What a world we live in.
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loving anti vaxxers making GBS threads in all of our cornflakes once again edit: in saying that, I'm pretty sure 97% is well above the rate for the overall population. Smorgasbord fucked around with this message at 11:01 on May 8, 2020 |
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Contra Duck posted:If he’s got potential the tigers will knock that right out of him No, we'll just get him going well and then we'll give him to Melbourne
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Smorgasbord posted:loving anti vaxxers making GBS threads in all of our cornflakes once again They have always been the stupid vocal minority. The problem we hit recently (thinking of the Samoa measles epidemic) was that herd immunity was supposed to protect those that couldn't be immunised, but instead let these anti-vaxx dumb cunts get away with their dangerous lies for longer than they ever should have.
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Jono C posted:They have always been the stupid vocal minority. The problem we hit recently (thinking of the Samoa measles epidemic) was that herd immunity was supposed to protect those that couldn't be immunised, but instead let these anti-vaxx dumb cunts get away with their dangerous lies for longer than they ever should have. Seems like the kinda thing Adam Blair and his instagram ínfluencer wife would be into, guess we would've heard by now though. I know Frank Winterstein's wife is deep into anti-vax and a variety of other scammy poo poo, one of the Aussie current events programs did a segment on her. edit: Nathaniel Roache has joined the Warriors squad, meaning the 14 day quarantine restarted after 4 days. If/when Fusitu'a comes over he'll probably have to do it alone. Smorgasbord fucked around with this message at 03:16 on May 9, 2020 |
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Smorgasbord posted:edit: Nathaniel Roache has joined the Warriors squad, meaning the 14 day quarantine restarted after 4 days. If/when Fusitu'a comes over he'll probably have to do it alone. Apparently the club's leadership team decided that they were happy to restart their quarantine so that Roache could train with them rather than having to be on his own for two weeks. It's a nice gesture I guess.
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/ne...jectid=12331177 Two games each for Cleary and May. Seems fair enough, I just hope it doesn’t get reduced on appeal.
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Hi, I have an unrelated, stupid, and possibly offensively naive question. Does Rugby League have a father/son rule? I.E. if the dad played X amount of games for a club, then said club gets first dibs on the son in the draft. I am very sorry that this is a stupid question. I'm from Frankston, Rugby League is not my game. And a similar question: Lets say there was a famous Queenslander who moved down to Sydney to play Rugby League. He is really good so he gets into the Qld. Origin team. Once his career has finished he settles in Sydney, has a son who is also very good at Rugby League. Does the son play Origin for NSW or Qld.? Has such a thing ever happened, fathers and sons playing for different states? Once more sorry for the silly questions.
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BrigadierSensible posted:Hi, I have an unrelated, stupid, and possibly offensively naive question. Those aren't silly questions. Rugby league doesn't have a draft so the first bit doesn't apply. There is a father/son rule for Origin but I don't think it's ever been used. That hasn't stopped the Sydney media from whinging about Tristan Sailor and Lachlan Lam being eligible for QLD though. I'm not entirely sure whether the sons have any choice in the matter either. Steve Rogers (born in QLD) played for NSW under residents and origin rules, while his son Mat (born in NSW) played for QLD as he moved here as a 9 year old and played all his footy up here.
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ili posted:Those aren't silly questions. Rugby league doesn't have a draft so the first bit doesn't apply. There is a father/son rule for Origin but I don't think it's ever been used. That hasn't stopped the Sydney media from whinging about Tristan Sailor and Lachlan Lam being eligible for QLD though. I'm not entirely sure whether the sons have any choice in the matter either. Thanks for that. A follow up question that just occurred to me. Lets say you get a kid that grows up in Melbourne and inexplicably takes up Rugby League as his sport of choice. He ends up playing for the Storm and being very very good. Would he get to play origin? If so where? Are there any famous examples of non NSW?QLD people being good enough at Rugby League in Aus. but being denied Origin?
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BrigadierSensible posted:Thanks for that. The Victorian, assuming he was born and raised in Melbourne and never resided in QLD or NSW, would not be eligible to play Origin unless his father had. I can't think of any notable Australian players who wouldn't be eligible for Origin selection off the top of my head. Hopefully the Storm help develop the game in Victoria and we get to handle that problem in the future.
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ili posted:The Victorian, assuming he was born and raised in Melbourne and never resided in QLD or NSW, would not be eligible to play Origin unless his father had. I can't think of any notable Australian players who wouldn't be eligible for Origin selection off the top of my head. Hopefully the Storm help develop the game in Victoria and we get to handle that problem in the future. Young Tonumaipeia is Victorian I believe, and I think Justin O'Neil is from Northern Territory but played junior league in Queensland so qualified that way. I would be in favour of some sort of 'legacy' rule giving a minor salary cap concession for sons of former players at a club though, I think that'd be pretty cool for fans without being a regular enough thing to tilt the competition. Smorgasbord fucked around with this message at 08:54 on May 12, 2020 |
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BrigadierSensible posted:Thanks for that. The rules now state that in order to play Origin, you need to have been born in either state, played in either state before the age of 13 or had a father play Origin. ili posted:The Victorian, assuming he was born and raised in Melbourne and never resided in QLD or NSW, would not be eligible to play Origin unless his father had. I can't think of any notable Australian players who wouldn't be eligible for Origin selection off the top of my head. Hopefully the Storm help develop the game in Victoria and we get to handle that problem in the future. Semi Radradra played for Australia because he qualified under residency and they paid better than Fiji, but was ineligible to play Origin. Jono C fucked around with this message at 09:14 on May 12, 2020 |
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Smorgasbord posted:Young Tonumaipeia is Victorian I believe, and I think Justin O'Neil is from Northern Territory but played junior league in Queensland so qualified that way. Yeah, I had Young Tonumaipeia in mind but I doubt he'll ever play Origin. O'Neil's a Queenslander, Will Chambers was born in QLD but moved to the NT as a young kid and came back here as a 13 year old. NSW have picked James McManus (Scottish then moved to the NT) and Aussie Jum. I don't think McManus would qualify under current rules, not sure exactly when Tamou came over. Jono C posted:The rules now state that in order to play Origin, you need to have been born in either state, played in either state before the age of 13 or had a father play Origin. Yeah Semi's a good pickup.
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Keeping abreast of the origin rules and their application is a great way of giving yourself a migraine. The rules are constantly being bent and broken and literally nobody cares if it's their side benefiting.
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ili posted:NSW have picked James McManus (Scottish then moved to the NT) and Aussie Jum. I don't think McManus would qualify under current rules, not sure exactly when Tamou came over. I'm pretty sure Tamou is the reason they changed the rules. He was 13 when he moved over, although I had to look it up, I thought he was closer to 16. It was farcical that he only chose to play for Australia so he could play Origin.
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ili posted:Yeah, I had Young Tonumaipeia in mind but I doubt he'll ever play Origin. O'Neil's a Queenslander, Will Chambers was born in QLD but moved to the NT as a young kid and came back here as a 13 year old. NSW have picked James McManus (Scottish then moved to the NT) and Aussie Jum. I don't think McManus would qualify under current rules, not sure exactly when Tamou came over. Ah yep I always get Chambers and O'Neill mixed up. I read they're rejigging international eligibility again so guys like Josh Papali'i, Anthony Milford etc have to give up Samoan eligibility if they want to play origin.
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Smorgasbord posted:I read they're rejigging international eligibility again so guys like Josh Papali'i, Anthony Milford etc have to give up Samoan eligibility if they want to play origin. https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/le...509-p54rcy.html quote:The International Rugby League has introduced changes to qualification rules that will prevent players from representing at NSW or Queensland at State of Origin level and playing for a country other than Australia in Tests. The change now is that it's the global governing body saying you can't play Origin and a coutnry that isn't Australia. Previously it was ARL policy that in order to play Origin you must make yourself available for Australia. Of course they made exceptions in the past (Adrian Lam playing for PNG, Tonie Carroll being allowed back after playing for the Kiwis in the 2000 world cup). There was technically nothing stopping them from allowing SBW to play for NSW, other than trying to strengthen the Australian team.
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Single ref, half the fun. Vale thread title. I do agree with the six again call for ruck infringements and binning and full penalties for What I don't want is the video ref getting involved in the ruck again. It slowed it down and was patently unfair as it was never applied to all stoppages, transgressions often being detected well after.
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I don’t mind the changes but the timing is terrible. These changes should be made before the start of the season, not when we’re two rounds in.
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I like the 6 to go option, it infuriated me how the Storm, Roosters, Souths and their ilk gamed the system by constantly infringing on their goal line more or less deliberately conceding a penalty so they could get a breather and reset their line. For it to work though, the refs need to have some courage about using it liberally ALONGSIDE the sinbin not their usual cowardly options particularly with those teams. Warriors have pulled off what I think is a fantastic signing for next year - Toby Rudolph from the Sharks. Big young front rower with a great motor and actually dents the line. I have him in my NRL Fantasy team so watched him closely first two games and was very impressed, big wraps on him coming through the grades too. https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/leagu...udolf-from-2021 . Now if only we could convince Adam Blair not to pick up his option  P.S Less than 2 weeks until kickoff, this thing could actually loving happen!??!
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